All,

I am using an HPdv2500 laptop, running Slackware 13.37 64. Also my video driver is NVIDIA 295. (Latest version). Lastly I am using KDE 4.5.5.

My problem, when I compile and run any program that drops to 640x480 or 320x200 the entire view will not show on screen. It chops off about 20% of the bottom of the screen. Also when I run old DOS Box programs they too will not show up completely when I run in full screen mode.

Is this common place or has anyone else had this issue and if so how was it remedied?

Thanks in advance.
jerryb

** Update, it appears to be a KDE issue. I have ran a few old games in DOSBox from the prompt prior to loading KDE. The issue didn't exist. Still any ideas for KDE would be greatly appreciated.

Hmm, KDE should not be able to cause this.
The graphics driver is responsible for mode setting and ensuring the resolution is setup properly.

Can you make sure that "krandrtray" is not running, and disable the "Display Management change monitor" in System Settings > Startup & Shutdown > Service Management.